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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions;
- Example: "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
[syn: mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray]

2. give false or misleading information to;
[syn: misinform, mislead]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mislead \Mis*lead"\ (m[i^]s*l[=e]d"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misled (m[i^]s*l[e^]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Misleading.] [AS. misl[=ae]dan. See Mis-, and Lead to conduct.] To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive. [1913 Webster] Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: To delude; deceive. See Deceive. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mislead v 1: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" [syn: mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray] 2: give false or misleading information to [syn: misinform, mislead]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

67 Moby Thesaurus words for "mislead": abuse, bamboozle, be untruthful, beguile, betray, bluff, bowl a googly, bunk, con, corrupt, cozen, debauch, deceive, defile, deflower, delude, despoil, double-cross, draw the longbow, dupe, entice, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, fib, flimflam, fool, force, gull, hoodwink, humbug, inveigle, juggle, lead astray, lie, lie flatly, lure, misadvise, misdirect, miseducate, misguide, misinform, misinstruct, misteach, mystify, obfuscate, obscure, outwit, pervert, prevaricate, rape, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce, soil, speak falsely, story, stretch the truth, sully, take, take in, tell a lie, tempt, throw a curve, trick, violate